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Virginia Commonwealth University men’s basketball coach Mike Rhoades was named the Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year on Tuesday.

Rhoades, a Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County native, guided the Rams to a 25-6 record and a regular-season Atlantic 10 Championship. The Rams also went 16-2 in conference play, despite being picked to finish seventh in the conference’s preseason poll.

Rhoades is the program's first conference Coach of the Year winner since Anthony Grant collected the honor from the Colonial Athletic Association in 2007.

Rhoades also earned three ODAC Coach of the Year awards during his tenure at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland,...

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